NE61 3XH

Ponteland East & Stannington · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE61 3UP 141 m
NE61 3XA 160 m
NE61 3XB 190 m
NE61 3UX 208 m
NE61 3UY 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE61 3XH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 3
Latitude
55.125393
Longitude
-1.796912
British National Grid easting
413,050
British National Grid northing
581,242

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010881
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00139823
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 015D · E01027473
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 015 · E02005722

Postcode source versions

Explore NE61

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1 m
  2. Belsay Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE61 3 residents
4,716

Age bands in NE61 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

706 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

398 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

902 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

1,447 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

1,293 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Whalton

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Whalton

    0.1 miles
  • Corner Cottage

    BCT · Ogle

    1.5 miles
  • Corner Cottage

    BCT · Ogle

    1.5 miles
  • Todhills Farm

    BCT · Ogle

    2.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 015D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,044 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 1 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.